Strategic Use of New Generation Antidepressants for Depression

Summary

The purpose of the study is to establish the optimum treatment strategy for first-line and second-line antidepressants in the acute phase treatment of major depression.

Timeline

Start

2010-12

Primary completion

2015-09

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Kato T, Furukawa TA, Mantani A, Kurata K, Kubouchi H, Hirota S, Sato H, Sugishita K, Chino B, Itoh K, Ikeda Y, Shinagawa Y, Kondo M, Okamoto Y, Fujita H, Suga M, Yasumoto S, Tsujino N, Inoue T, Fujise N, Akechi T, Yamada M, Shimodera S, Watanabe N, Inagaki M, Miki K, Ogawa Y, Takeshima N, Hayasaka Y, Tajika A, Shinohara K, Yonemoto N, Tanaka S, Zhou Q, Guyatt GH; SUN☺D Investigators. Optimising first- and second-line treatment strategies for untreated major depressive disorder - the SUN☺D study: a pragmatic, multi-centre, assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial. BMC Med. 2018 Jul 11;16(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1096-5.
• Yonemoto N, Tanaka S, Furukawa TA, Kato T, Mantani A, Ogawa Y, Tajika A, Takeshima N, Hayasaka Y, Shinohara K, Miki K, Inagaki M, Shimodera S, Akechi T, Yamada M, Watanabe N, Guyatt GH; SUN(;_;)D Investigators. Strategic use of new generation antidepressants for depression: SUN(;_;) D protocol update and statistical analysis plan. Trials. 2015 Oct 14;16:459. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0985-6.
• Shimodera S, Kato T, Sato H, Miki K, Shinagawa Y, Kondo M, Fujita H, Morokuma I, Ikeda Y, Akechi T, Watanabe N, Yamada M, Inagaki M, Yonemoto N, Furukawa TA; SUN(;_;)D Investigators. The first 100 patients in the SUN(;_;)D trial (strategic use of new generation antidepressants for depression): examination of feasibility and adherence during the pilot phase. Trials. 2012 Jun 8;13:80. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-80.
• Furukawa TA, Akechi T, Shimodera S, Yamada M, Miki K, Watanabe N, Inagaki M, Yonemoto N. Strategic use of new generation antidepressants for depression: SUN(;_;)D study protocol. Trials. 2011 May 11;12:116. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-116.

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